Ranking Member Raskin Slams Jared Kushner’s Failure to Respond to Congress and Expands Probe into Suspicious $120 Million Albanian Land Purchase
Raskin Targets Kushner’s Fraudulent Deal with Suspected Albanian Gangster and Drug Trafficker, Foreign Government Favors, and Potential Anti-Corruption Violations
Washington, D.C. (August 25, 2026)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, expanded his investigation into Jared Kushner’s staggering foreign conflicts of interest and corrupt business dealings after Kushner failed to respond to the Committee’s previous demand for records concerning his simultaneous work as a U.S. foreign policy official and a foreign government-funded private investor. The expanded investigation follows explosive reporting that Kushner paid more than $120 million for disputed land in Albania to a suspected gangster and drug trafficker despite being warned that the seller did not own the property, as Kushner pursued a luxury resort project benefiting from extraordinary concessions by the Albanian government.
“You may have been too busy causing a new foreign policy fiasco in Albania after your yachting foray in the Adriatic to get back to us on some questions we have about your stark conflicts of interest taking place right here in America. So, in case you had forgotten about the existence of a congressional investigation into your conflicts of interest and corrupt business practices, I write to remind you of your obligation to respond to congressional investigative inquiries and also to notify you that we have expanded our investigation to include your suspect real estate practices,” wrote Ranking Member Raskin.
In April, Ranking Member Raskin launched an investigation into Kushner’s dual role as a U.S. foreign policy negotiator and head of Affinity Partners, an investment firm overwhelmingly financed by foreign governments and foreign nationals. Kushner never responded to the Committee’s letter, and Affinity Partners subsequently ignored a follow-up from Committee staff.
New revelations surrounding Kushner’s planned luxury resort development in Albania are now raising additional questions about whether he has leveraged his proximity to President Trump and his de facto government role to advance his private business interests abroad. The Albanian government approved Kushner’s luxury development near the protected island of Sazan as Prime Minister Edi Rama’s government has sought to cultivate influence in American politics and with the Trump Administration.
The project has since sparked mass protests and become embroiled in allegations of land fraud. Albanian prosecutors have frozen potentially fraudulent assets related to Kushner’s land acquisition amid allegations that seller Artur Shehu did not actually own the property. According to new Wall Street Journal reporting, Shehu is a suspected gangster and drug trafficker with a history of falsifying property documents. Kushner reportedly proceeded with the transaction even after local residents warned him that Shehu’s ownership claim was false, ultimately paying Shehu more than $120 million for the disputed land.
Kushner’s Albania dealings add to longstanding concerns over his extraordinary blending of public power and private profit. Since returning as a central player in U.S. foreign policy under Trump, Kushner has continued operating Affinity Partners and courting foreign investment while participating in sensitive negotiations involving Iran, Lebanon and Ukraine.
“This episode reflects both your essential frivolousness as an erstwhile representative of the United States and the Trump-Kushner family’s overriding and seemingly insatiable appetite for engaging in political and financial corruption. While acting as our nation’s chief negotiator to end several international conflicts created or exacerbated by your father-in-law’s administration, you have taken the time to start another fraud-related international incident all by yourself,” wrote Ranking Member Raskin.
Ranking Member Raskin is reiterating all outstanding demands from his April investigation and seeking new records concerning Kushner’s Albanian dealings, including communications with Albanian and U.S. government officials and records concerning the purchase, financing and government approval of his real estate projects. The expanded investigation will examine whether Kushner’s conduct warrants scrutiny under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and whether legislative reforms are necessary to strengthen federal bribery, conflicts-of-interest and foreign-agent laws.
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